best thing for lo to sleep in due to choking in sleep?

My lo just turned six weeks on monday. Right now she sleeps in a bassinet and we've elevated it as best as we can, but she still chokes on her own spit up. I keep her upright for an hour and a half or more after each feeding and try to burp her after every ounce or two if she'll allow me. Sometimes she just won't burp no matter what I do and even sometimes when she does I'll still find her choking on her spit up in her sleep.

She's taking axid and cow and gate comfort formula, which is thicker than normal milks and she's done better with this combination. Though her doctor has recommended cereal in her bottle, I've quit doing that because it seems to upset her stomach more. I've considered investing in more thickners as well, but I'm not sure how great of an idea that'll be since this formula seems thick anyway.

Anyway, back to my question: what can I put safely her in that will incline her best and that has a harness (preferably 5 point as she seems to like to throw herself forward from time to time.)? She hates hates hates her carseat and she's not overly fond of her swing when her tummy hurts. Ive read about the nap nanny and the tucker sling but they're so expensive and I think the nap nanny doesn't have a good enough harness, hence the complaints and recall. I keep reading about the rock n play sleeper being the best one. Is it really? does it incline them enough? I barely sleep anymore because i'm worried taht one of these nights I won't catch her and help her out :(

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I feel for you. New to this group been dealing w it for 11.5 months. My lo ends up sleeping now on us in a chair/recliner but urs is too little for that. You want her belly to be between 13-30 degrees max in carseat rocker etc. Too much angle = too much pressure on belly causing more back flow. Check carseat. Angle should be no more than 45 outside edge strap lo in check angle at belly. My phone has app for angles. My lo does good in chicco keyfit 30. Then we will likely get britax advocate 70 or dinio radian rxt (i might have some letters wrong) when she out grows chicco. Sorry off on tangent.:) not sure bout meds. Lo takes zantac, eryped for increased gastric emptying as she was refluxing up and cutting off airway turning blue. She stopped nursing at 6 weeks and is on enfamil ar (easier than rice) and fyi im a peds speech therapist so i should know a thing or two- until now its my daughter and im struggling too! Lol

aww thats rough! how is she now? my lo doesnt seem to do great with enfamil ar or similac rs but i chickened out pretty quick too. her ped seems to prefer that i thicken with rice cereal so i can adjust accordingly. he didnt specify what brand o of course i went mad and bought the happy bellies brown rice with pro and prebiotics lol. i figured the latter might help ward off constipation. i also ended up getting the rock n play since that seems to be working for a lot of people. ill just have to be vigilant about her head and neck positioning.

Thats great! She slept one night all night in crib. I think i slept worse kept waking up waiting for her to wake up/ checking her breathing lol
She goes for sleep study next week and occupational therapy for sensory integration dysfunction/ feeding texture issues. We'll see...

We keep our son in a crib with a wedge and some pillows under his mattress, with a boppy at the bottom to cradle his feet. He is at at 25-30 degree angle. In both the rock and play and ap nanny he choked:-(. We made these changes and he is significantly improved: dr. Browns bottles, gelmix to thicken, always at an angle(even changing table has wedge), and britax car seat (our chicco didn't work). Also a ppi. This is our 2nd one with reflux so we feel like reflux experts :-) haha